Last week, an accountability court sentenced the former three-time premier to 11 years in jail and handed 8-year imprisonment to his daughter after their conviction in the Avenfield apartments case.08:00am - 10,000 police officers will be deployed across Lahore on Friday to ‘maintain law and order’ as the PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif arrive.

03:20am - PML-N leaders, including Abid Sher Ali, claimed that authorities have launched crackdown on party workers who wanted to go to airport to welcome their leader Nawaz Sharif, saying hundreds of supporters including some local bodies' representatives have been detained.02:40am - Security has also been beefed up at New Islamabad International Airport ahead of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's arrival .

Airports Security Force (ASF) and law enforcing agencies reviewed the security arrangements. Special contingents of commandos and police officials have been deployed at the airport.02:10am - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal has summoned an emergency meeting for today (Friday) in wake of Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz's return to Pakistan to face jail term.

The meeting will review the overall situation pertaining to the return of former prime minister.01:00am - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arranged two helicopters to shift the father-daughter duo to the prison. One of the two choppers would be stationed at Lahore airport, while the other would be in Islamabad.

The NAB had formed a 16-member team to detain Sharif and Maryam, with the anti-graft body directing additional security personnel to remain on alert on Friday (today).

12: 30am - The United Kingdom (UK) police arrested Maryam Nawaz’s son Junaid and Hussain Nawaz’s son Zikeriya in London for assaulting a protester outside the Avenfield Apartments.

The arrest comes shortly former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif left for Heathrow Airport to board a flight for Pakistan.